diff --git a/docs/screenshots/issue-1257/sqlite-import-after.png b/docs/screenshots/issue-1257/sqlite-import-after.png
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diff --git a/packages/storage/src/__tests__/package-import.test.ts b/packages/storage/src/__tests__/package-import.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d47f130bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/storage/src/__tests__/package-import.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+
+test('top-level package import does not initialize node:sqlite', () => {
+  const packageEntry = new URL('../index.js', import.meta.url).href;
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    ['--input-type=module', '--eval', `await import(${JSON.stringify(packageEntry)})`],
+    { encoding: 'utf8' },
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+  assert.equal(result.stderr, '');
+});
diff --git a/packages/storage/src/sqlite-runtime-store.ts b/packages/storage/src/sqlite-runtime-store.ts
index 7a71758131..38a5e5c96b 100644
--- a/packages/storage/src/sqlite-runtime-store.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/sqlite-runtime-store.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { dirname } from 'node:path';
-import { DatabaseSync } from 'node:sqlite';
+import type { DatabaseSync } from 'node:sqlite';
 import { isDeepStrictEqual } from 'node:util';
 import {
   isPartialRuntimeEvent,
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ export { SQLITE_RUNTIME_SCHEMA_VERSION } from './sqlite-runtime-schema.js';
 
 export type { ToolRecoveryMode } from '@maka/core';
 
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
+function loadDatabaseSync(): typeof import('node:sqlite').DatabaseSync {
+  return (require('node:sqlite') as typeof import('node:sqlite')).DatabaseSync;
+}
+
 export type ToolJournalState = 'prepared' | 'outcome_committed';
 
 export type SqliteRuntimeStoreFailpoint =
@@ -113,6 +120,7 @@ export class SqliteRuntimeStore implements RuntimeEventStore {
     private readonly options: SqliteRuntimeStoreOptions = {},
   ) {
     if (path !== ':memory:') mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
+    const DatabaseSync = loadDatabaseSync();
     this.db = new DatabaseSync(path);
     configureSqliteRuntimeDatabase(this.db);
     migrateSqliteRuntimeDatabase(this.db);